LONDON, ON - A big change for tonight for the Oil Kings will be the crowd. While impartial last night, they will be sold out and solidly behind the hometown Knights tonight.

"It was funny, yesterday the rink was packed but the fans didn't really know who to cheer for. They were just there to watch some good hockey," said Curtis Lazar. "Tonight's going to be completely different but we have the experience playing in full barns like Portland. We know what it takes to spoil the party as you could say. Taking the crowd out of it early is going to be key."

Goaltender Tristan Jarry felt that the experience of playing in front of sold out high-capacity crowds in Portland -- and winning two critical games there in Game 5 and Game 7 -- will help his squad this evening.

"Playing in Portland really helped. It helped our players and it helped me with the environment that you're in with the fans. So I think it'll help us here tonight," Jarry remarked.

Coach Laxdal doesn't feel like the crowd will be a factor.

"It doesn't matter what the crowd's like. We have to go out and focus on the team on the ice. The message for us, like any game, is whistle to whistle. Our emotions were high last night in a big competition game and for some of our kids there was a lot of extra activity after the whistles. We have to focus and channel that energy between whistle to whistle to increase our intensity in the game."